A Pokémon Edm Show Is Coming To Los Angeles For The Game's 30th Anniversary

Get ready, DJ Rotom — Pokémon is throwing an EDM party.

The Pokémon Co. announced Monday that it has tapped artists Marshmello and Alison Wonderland for a brace of physics euphony concerts successful Los Angeles and London. “Pokémon Night Out” will characteristic civilization sets and visuals themed to nan popular multimedia franchise and its signature Pocket Monsters.

The 2 shows, for fans 16 and older, are portion of nan company’s ceremony of Pokémon’s 30th anniversary. The first installments of nan video crippled series, “Pokémon Red” and “Pokémon Green,” were released for nan Game Boy successful Japan successful 1996. (The U.S. versions, titled “Pokémon Red” and “Blue,” were released successful 1998.) Since then, nan characters Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Squirtle and Charmander person go family names.

“[W]ith immersive experiences for illustration ‘Pokémon Night Out,’ we’re leveraging nan powerfulness of euphony to merge Trainers crossed our world instrumentality community,” Taito Okiura, nan Pokémon Co. International’s vice president of trading and media, said successful a statement. “Both Marshmello and Alison Wonderland stock a genuine passion for Pokémon that extends beyond nan stage, making this collaboration a earthy ceremony of nan fandom.”

“I’m a immense Pokémon instrumentality truthful I americium FREAKING OUT,” Wonderland said successful an Instagram station featuring a slideshow of her pinch a plethora of Pokémon plushies. “Dreams travel true.”

The shaper and DJ added that she will person “have typical Pokémon visuals and opus edits conscionable for these shows.”

“I grew up pinch Pokémon,” Marshmello said successful a video posted to nan Pokémon YouTube channel. The creator shared that his favourite Pokémon is Mewtwo, nan genetically engineered clone of nan mythical Pokémon Mew.

“Charizard and Pikachu, they’re benignant of bubbly and benignant of lighthearted,” he said while shuffling done Pokémon cards and different themed paraphernalia. “I conscionable retrieve Mewtwo being a small spot much ominous.”

The L.A. version of “Pokémon Night Out” will beryllium held astatine nan Intuit Dome connected Oct. 24. The London show, astatine nan O2 arena, will travel Nov. 10.